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Welcome to Building Design+Construction’s 2024 Healthcare Annual Report. This free 66-page special report is our first-ever “state of the state” update on the $65 billion healthcare construction sector.
Associated Builders and Contractors reported today that its Construction Backlog Indicator increased to 8.4 months in June, according to an ABC member survey conducted June 20 to July 3. The reading is down 0.5 months from June 2023.
The work from home trend will continue to put pressure on the office real estate market, with peak vacancy of between 22% and 28% in 2026, according to a forecast by Moody’s.
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Backlog is up 12.2% from the first quarter and 14% compared to the same time last year.
Softwood lumber prices plummeted 9.6% in August yet are up 5% on a yearly basis (down from a 19.5% increase year-over-year in July).
The report revealed 88% of contractors expect to feel at least a moderate impact from the workforce shortages in the next three years.
Private nonresidential spending fell 1% in July, while public nonresidential spending expanded 0.7%.
Although there are disparities in the pace of growth in construction output among the ASEAN member states, the region’s construction industry as a whole will grow by 6.1% on an annual average basis in the next five years.
Architecture firms located in the South remain especially strong.
The rise in rental rates marks the 21st consecutive quarterly increase.
Gains reported in five of the top ten markets.
Nonresidential construction input prices increased fell 0.3% in July but are up 9.6% year over year.
